Insider stuff, yes, but significant in that if true, Jacobs is purposely trying to create a November run-off election against Stoddard instead of a fellow Democrat, a situation which a Democratic candidate would love in the strongly Dem-leaning 53rd.

Is “promoting” an opponent legal? Sure. As long as the source of the funding is included.

Please don’t say, “But that’s an attack against Stoddard, not in support of him.” Democrats may see the ad that way; Republicans on the other hand…they may think very positively about Stoddard after seeing it.